KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL HONORS THREE AFFILIATES FOR EXCEPTIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO ADVERTISING

Three Keep America Beautiful affiliates will be honored with first-place awards for their outstanding television and radio advertisements in awards ceremonies on December 7, during Keep America Beautifuls 49th annual National Conference in Washington, D.C. These awards were created to recognize Keep America Beautiful affiliates' outstanding public service announcements that advance the local and national goals of the Keep America Beautiful movement, and are named after Keep America Beautifuls former President, Roger Powers.

Three Keep America Beautiful affiliates will be honored with first-place awards for their outstanding television and radio advertisements in awards ceremonies on December 7, during Keep America Beautifuls 49th annual National Conference in Washington, D.C. These awards were created to recognize Keep America Beautiful affiliates' outstanding public service announcements that advance the local and national goals of the Keep America Beautiful movement, and are named after Keep America Beautifuls former President, Roger Powers.

The efforts this years winners put into their campaigns show exceptional creativity in delivering the Keep America Beautiful message, with great style and impact," said G. Raymond Empson, President of Keep America Beautiful. These are public service announcements that will strongly affect the markets they reach."

The first-place winners are:

Local Television Advertising:
Conserva el Encanto, Inc., Puerto Rico

State and Local Radio Advertising:
Keep Texas Beautiful

Statewide Television Advertising:
Keep South Carolina Beautiful/PalmettoPride

For a complete listing of all Keep America Beautiful 2002 award winners in all categories, as well as information on our awards program, please visit the Keep America Beautiful website at www.kab.org.

Keep America Beautiful, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose network of more than 500 local, statewide and international affiliate programs educates individuals about litter prevention and ways to reduce, reuse, recycle and properly manage waste materials. Through partnerships and strategic alliances with citizens, businesses and government, Keep America Beautifuls programs motivate millions of volunteers annually to clean up, beautify and improve their neighborhoods, thereby creating healthier, safer and more livable community environments.